Lincoln High School (New Jersey)

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Lincoln High School
Location
60 Crescent Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07304

Information
School district Jersey City Public Schools
Principal Dr. Michael Winds
Enrollment

1,099 (as of 2005-06)[1]

Faculty 97.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 11.3[1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9 - 12
Athletics conference Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association
Nickname Lions
Established 1913
Information 201-915-6700
Homepage

Lincoln High School is a four-year public high school located in Jersey City, New Jersey, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools.

Lincoln, the first public high school in Jersey City, was opened in 1913. It is located at 60 Crescent Avenue south of Journal Square. The student population at Lincoln High is 72% Black, 22% Hispanic, and 4% Asian.

The school is located on the site of a mansion owned by George Theodore Werts, who served as Governor of New Jersey from 1893-1986.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,099 students and 97.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.3.[1]

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[edit] Violence

Lincoln High School has gained a reputation as being one of the most violent schools in New Jersey. It has been the site of two shootings, one allegedly gang related, in 2002[2] and 2006 and the stabbing of a student in April of 2007.[1][3]

[edit] Athletics

The Lincoln High School Lions compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[4]

The boys basketball team won the North I, Group III in 2002 state sectional championship with a 50-41 win against Sparta High School in the tournament final.[5] The 2008 team won the North II, Group II state sectional title with a 61-58 win over Orange High School in the tournament final.[6][7]

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